[pianotech] new list features

[Carl Teplitski]

On second thought.,  maybe PT. in header might satisfy those times when
we wonder if message related to piano, or someone horning in on the list
for his/her personal reasons not related to piano. Interesting posts re. your
request for opinions. All seem logical .

Carl

Carl Teplitski wrote:

> I'm with you.( # 3.) There is enough sorting to do without the clutter
> of pianotech. being in the heading each time. We seem to use so much
> abrev. ( IMO ) that this seems a contradiction, no ?? In any case, I think
> that you do such a great job, I'm certainly not going to second guess you.
> My PC skills are suspect at best so that any change takes some relearning,
> same as tuning and other stuff. We'll get used to whatever you decide.
>
> Thanks !!!!
>
> Carl / Winnipeg
>
> Andy Rudoff wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm happy to say the conversion to the new server went smoothly.  As
> > most of you have noticed, the new list software has lots of little
> > options that can be adjusted.  One of them is the ability to put
> > "footers" on each message.  I must say I don't really like doing that,
> > since it adds to the noise and when people quote a message they often
> > leave the footer in the quoted portion and you get to see it again
> > and again.  But it also potentially cuts down on the number of times
> > I have to re-send the FAQ, remind people how to get on and off the list,
> > or even step in and handle someone's subscription myself.  So unless I
> > hear strong objections, I'm thinking we'll leave the footers on at
> > least for a while.
> >
> > The other feature like this is the "[pianotech]" added to the beginning
> > of each Subject header.  I'm not that fond of this either, for the same
> > "noise" reasons.  But I have had the request several times over the past
> > years to add something like this for people who like to sort their mail
> > by Subject line, so when the new list software put it there by default,
> > I left it in.  It makes the headers a little less easy to read for me,
> > though, since it pushes the words I want to see to the right and I have
> > to scroll to see them.  So I thought I'd ask for opinions on this one.
> > Here are some things we could do:
> >
> >         1. leave the [pianotech] in the Subject lines
> >         2. shorten it to something like [pt]
> >         3. remove it completely
> >
> > I kind of like #3 the best, but wanted to hear what others prefer.  I'll
> > probably just follow suit with the other lists, caut, ptg-l, etc. so if
> > you have an opinion please let me know.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -andy
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